The Secret Successor

CHAPTER 11

A shop assistant came over to Natasha and Skarlette and helped them choose the dresses. No matter which dress they saw, they were all priced over 500,000 dollars, and Skarlette kept using one word: No.

After receiving ten nos on a trot, the shop assistant took them to a different section where the prices were more affordable, ranging between 100 to 300 thousand dollars. Skarlette could finally smile and say yes to whatever the shop assistant tried to show to her sister.

After a long forty minutes of trying many dresses, Natasha finally chose a jasmine-patterned wedding dress with a hooded see-through cape.

“Oh my, Nattie!” Skarlette covered her mouth in joy and astonishment. “You look like a royal princess in this.” She quickly checked the price. “It’s 325K, but it’s worth it. I can’t believe I’m saying this.”

“I’m happy that you liked it. Do you think Russell, I mean, Denver, will like it as well?”

“If he doesn’t, there must be something wrong with his eyes!”

“Haha,” Natasha laughed out loud. “Now, let’s buy him a gray suit that rivals this one.”

“You really look wonderful in this dress,” just then, a pleasant feminine voice reached the sisters’ ears. A pretty brunette entered the scene. She was also in a wedding dress, but it was more simple and neat compared to Natasha’s, yet the price tag on it showed ‘3.7 million dollars.’ Natasha couldn’t recognize this woman, but Skarlette did.

“Aren’t you… Kyra?” Skarlette seemed pleasantly surprised. Her face brightened a tad bit.

“Yeah. How are you doing, Skars,” Kyra asked.

“Oh my, you really look the same as you did back in school,” Skarlette couldn’t resist herself from coming and giving a hug. “Damn. You look like an 18 year old. What’s your secret?”

“Haha, thanks.”

“So you’re not gonna reveal your secret then?”

“Haha, there’s no secret.”

“Then it’s just in the genes, huh,” Skarlette locked her arm around Kyra’s arm and introduced her to Natasha. “This is my best friend in junior college. Kyra Lynn. She’s soft spoken, but she’s the best girl you’ll ever meet. Not joking.”

“Oh…” Natasha took another long look at her. “Kyra…” her eyes slowly widened. “Wait, aren’t you my senior in Meadows High School? The Millenium Beauty… you’re that Kyra, right?”

“Millenium Beauty?” Skarlette didn’t know of this because she studied high school abroad with her aunt and uncle because they didn’t have children for many years after getting married. She would only meet her sister and parents during summer and winter holidays.

Kyra curled her hair behind her ear, feeling a little embarrassed as the title she was given in high school was so over-the-top.

“Wait,” Skarlette just realized that her friend was in a wedding dress, “you’re also getting married? Who the hell is that lucky bastard?”

Kyra kept her head tilted down a little, as she was still a little embarrassed. “His name is Russell.”

Russell? Skarlette quickly stepped closer to her sister and whispered, “It’s not your ex-lover, Russell, right?”

“C’mon, sis,” Natasha slapped her sister’s forearm, “there are hundreds of Russells in this city! Besides, how can it be that poor bloke?”

“Yeah, you’re right,” Skarlette went back to chat with Kyra. “You’re going to call me for your wedding. Otherwise, I’ll eat you alive.”

“I will surely call you, and you should bring your entire family along,” Kyra requested. “Otherwise, I will eat you.”

“Haha, I surely will. I like social events more than anything,” Skarlette laughed, “But if I come, and Russell sees me, he won’t change his mind about you, right?”

Kyra didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Geez,” Even Natasha touched her forehead, unable to control her sister. Natasha herself was outspoken, but her sister was on another level.

Kyra knew Skarlette’s personality, so she replied saying, “I think I’ll cover his eyes with a cloth until he puts the ring on my finger.”

“Bwahaha,” Skarlette got a good laugh out of it. Natasha also smiled along, feeling happy that her sister met one of her best friends from her junior college days.

Just then, someone came out of the changing room, wearing a colorful, pastel pink wedding suit made from pure linen and priced at just 2.7 million dollars. “How does this one look, Kyra…” as he was saying, his speech stopped midway after seeing the women next to Kyra.

Shock took over Skarlette’s face, and she immediately looked at her sister whose face turned paler than the pink suit Russell had put on.

“This is my fiance, Russell,” Kyra introduced him as she walked up to him and curled her arm around his arm.

Natasha fainted then and there.